Question

Which of the following is correct?

A. Determinant is a square matrix.

B. Determinant is a number associated to a matrix.

C. Determinant is a number associated to a square matrix.

D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: C

We know that to every square matrix, A = [aij] of order n. We can associate a number called the determinant of square matrix A, where aij = (i, j)th element of A.

Thus, the determinant is a number associated to a square matrix.

Hence, the correct answer is C.